Panel seeks indoor inspections on property maintenance issues

As proposed, only rental properties would be affected

1:32 AM,
Nov. 17, 2013

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While formal action is not likely this year, indoor inspections of rental properties could become a part of Newark's future, members of the mayor's Property Maintenance Committee said.

Six months after they began reviewing the city's property maintenance code, panel members on Wednesday finished separating code sections into categories: administrative, safety, life safety, neighborhood impact and structural. Next week, they plan to begin discussing consequences for code violations.

The Newark City Council would have to approve any recommendations the panel might make, and the ...